After the tense clicking of cameras, the victory hugs and Bobak Ferdowsi's awesome mohawk, I came away from Sunday night's Curiosity rover landing with a lingering rush of excitement. We're back on Mars! We're looking for the building blocks of life on another planet...

Toys: Big Chief Studios' limited edition 1/6 scale Amy Pond figure is now available for pre-order, with an estimated shipping date within the year. Sales: The Walking Dead #100 sold an estimated 335,082 copies in July. The previous month, The Walking dead #99 sold an estimated 55,710...

If you're worried about the values that we're passing on to the next generation of megalomaniacal sociopaths, worry no longer. A meteorologist in Austin, TX, received a fan letter from an aspiring supervillain, thanking him for teaching his class about the weather -- an promising not to en…